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. develop the business park concept. He endorsed the business park concept on the behalf of the chamber, saying that it provided Eugene with additional zoning flexibility to accommodate the market and would encourage businesses to locate in the community that might otherwise go elsewhere. Mr. Hauser discussed concerns raised in testimony regarding the possibility of an unfair advantages to business park office development as a result of lower square-footage costs, and said that the chamber was aware of those concerns and had worked with staff to address them by including a maximum percentage of floor area allowed office development. Mr. Hauser said the chamber task force that worked with staff on the business park concept was prepared to work with the Downtown Commission and other groups to establish specific criteria addressing concerns related to unfair competition as code language was developed to implement the study. Ms. Dumdi closed the public hearing regarding the Industrial lands Special Study. Mr. Rust inquired of staff as to whether lane County had equal status in initiating a Metro Plan amendment for Site 29 due to its location in the County. Jan Childs, City of Eugene Planning Director, responded that the County could initiate a plan amendment for the property. At the request of Mr. Cornacchia, Ms. Childs discussed Mr. Moorhead's experi- ence in seeking a plan amendment redesignating his property from industrial to residential. Noting that code provisions prevented her from accepting a . citizen-initiated plan amendment while the study was 1n process, Ms. Ch1lds said she advised Mr. Moorhead to work with the SSAC in an attempt to incorpo- rate his redesignation in that group's recommendations to the joint planning commissions. Ms. Childs said that the SSAC did not agree that the. property should be redesignated to residential, although it did recommend a change in industrial zoning for the property. Subsequently, Ms. Childs advised Mr. Moorhead and Mr. Saul to propose the redesignation to the joint planning commissions. The joint planning commissions had declined to make a recommen- dation regarding Site 29 to the elected officials. Ms. Childs said she had then recommended that Mr. Moorhead approach the elected officials for consid- eration of initiation of a plan amendment, without prejudice, to take place in advance of the next scheduled round of citizen-initiated plan amendments, which will occur January 1993. Mr. Cornacchia asked why the advisory committee and planning commissions had not examined specific rezonings of properties in a manner similar to that of other study groups for other plans. Ms. Childs said that at some point in the planning process it was decided that the Industrial lands Special Study would be primarily a policy document, with site-specific Metropolitan Area General Plan amendments processed later rather than concurrent with the stud- ies. Ms. Childs added that the Eugene City Council and Planning Commission had directed staff to package together studies and their implementing ordi- nances and required plan amendments in the future. . MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials July 1, 1992 Page S --